Legal Advice on creating en-suite.

[kitey]

Hello. I am wanting to change a large bedroom, into a normal size one, with a seperate en-suite.

1) Do I need planning permission to install an obscured glass window. The window is over my car port and faces an obscured bathroom window of my neighbour. 2) Do I need to get, or adhere to, any building reg's, or do I need to tell anyone else (other than planning, if it is needed) 3) I believe the maximum length of a soil branch is 6m, with a fall of 1 in 40 (4in pipe). But I am a bit confused about this. I was going to run the soil (including the shower water) internally, to where the downstairs toilet is. This would be about 5-6m horizontal, 3m drop, and then another 1/2 metre horizontal. Will this be OK.

Any help would be gladly appreciated

Thank you

[dom]

1) Almost certainly not. Planning are only interested in the external appearance.

2) Yes you probably need to put in a buildings notice. They will be interested in building regs compliance for things such as extraction ventilation, sound insulation, electrical changes, drainage etc.

3) The design sounds ok, you may need a rest bend after the drop a well as rodding points. Building regs for drainage also specifies venting requirements so that traps can't blow through.